T16_1_4_2c
2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 55.5 | 0.8 | 24.8 | 2.1 | 46.4 | 1.6 | 59.6 | 1.3 | 67.5 | 1.4 | |
| Race | AI/AN only | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Asian only | 38.4 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 46.5 | 6.8 | 54.5 | 5.0 | |
| NHOPI only | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Black only | 35.5 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 29.7 | 3.4 | 44.8 | 3.8 | 64.1 | 5.1 | |
| White only | 58.4 | 0.9 | 29.7 | 2.7 | 50.4 | 1.8 | 61.3 | 1.4 | 68.3 | 1.5 | |
| Multiple races | 53.6 | 6.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 22.5 | 1.9 | DSU | DSU | 14.9 | 3.1 | 30.7 | 4.1 | 42.0 | 5.4 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 58.1 | 0.8 | 28.6 | 2.4 | 49.5 | 1.7 | 61.5 | 1.4 | 68.5 | 1.4 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 36.1 | 2.0 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 29.9 | 3.5 | 45.9 | 3.9 | 64.3 | 5.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 61.5 | 0.9 | 36.1 | 3.3 | 54.4 | 2.0 | 63.4 | 1.5 | 69.4 | 1.5 | |
| Gender | Female | 55.5 | 0.9 | 27.3 | 2.2 | 48.5 | 1.7 | 60.5 | 1.5 | 67.1 | 1.7 |
| Male | 55.6 | 1.0 | 20.1 | 3.1 | 42.9 | 2.1 | 58.3 | 1.7 | 67.8 | 1.4 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 41.9 | 1.4 | 19.5 | 2.4 | 42.1 | 2.2 | 55.2 | 2.3 | 45.6 | 4.1 |
| High school graduate | 58.4 | 1.3 | 32.4 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 2.3 | 62.6 | 1.8 | 67.8 | 2.3 | |
| At least some college | 61.8 | 1.1 | 29.9 | 4.2 | 46.4 | 2.6 | 61.3 | 1.9 | 69.9 | 1.6 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 54.3 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 2.4 | 44.5 | 1.8 | 57.1 | 1.6 | 66.8 | 1.5 |
| Large central metro | 41.6 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 44.1 | 2.7 | 58.2 | 2.9 | |
| Large fringe metro | 60.2 | 1.8 | 28.3 | 6.1 | 50.9 | 3.8 | 61.1 | 2.6 | 68.4 | 2.8 | |
| Medium metro | 57.2 | 1.6 | 25.7 | 5.9 | 45.5 | 3.3 | 60.4 | 3.2 | 70.7 | 2.7 | |
| Small metro | 68.5 | 2.4 | 32.0 | 7.7 | 67.2 | 4.4 | 72.8 | 3.4 | 75.2 | 3.8 | |
| Micropolitan | 59.9 | 3.2 | 34.3 | 4.8 | 52.1 | 4.7 | 67.8 | 3.8 | 69.5 | 5.7 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 60.7 | 2.5 | 30.3 | 6.1 | 52.1 | 5.2 | 69.9 | 3.3 | 75.6 | 5.0 | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 49.7 | 1.2 | 22.0 | 2.7 | 46.1 | 2.2 | 58.1 | 2.1 | 63.5 | 2.8 |
| Complex activities | 47.4 | 2.4 | 19.3 | 4.8 | 48.5 | 4.4 | 54.4 | 4.6 | 67.0 | 6.3 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 59.9 | 1.1 | 26.0 | 3.8 | 48.1 | 2.5 | 63.1 | 2.0 | 71.5 | 1.9 | |
a. Estimates are not age adjusted.
b. Negative/poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c. For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
Page last reviewed October 2014
Internet Citation: T16_1_4_2c: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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